Disconnected the cable box today and returned it. I'm now a cord cutter.

Thanks be to the Lounge, I tried out YouTubeTV. Fairly impressed. Internet + YouTube TV is about $80/mo cheaper than Internet + Cable was.

Surprising thing was the people at the Cable office. I was fully expecting them to give me the hard sell to keep me as a $180/mo customer instead of a $60/mo customer. But all they really said was "Yeah, we're getting a lot of that. Not sure why anyone has cable or satellite anymore." There was a very mild push to upgrade my speed and data limit, but then they looked up my past usage and said nevermind.

Not sure if they were deviating from the corporate script on what you say to customers, or are cable companies actually realizing they aren't much more than internet providers anymore?

Posted: 05/01/2018 at 7:09PM

Disconnected the cable box today and returned it. I'm now a cord cutter. -- Tafkam Hokie 05/01/2018 7:09PM

Comcast employees could give a crap what you do -- tallahasseehokie 05/02/2018 12:51PM

Can you get all the sports networks for college and pro football? ** -- Full-Set and Moonshine 05/02/2018 11:23AM

I listed most of the sports channels in a response below -- Tafkam Hokie 05/02/2018 12:32PM

What kind of hardware device are you using? -- HokieDan95 05/01/2018 8:40PM

I'm using a Roku. -- Tafkam Hokie 05/01/2018 8:49PM

If I bag dish, can I still get ESPN and cable news? Sorry for asking. -- HokiesBill48 05/01/2018 8:03PM

Youtube tv, sling, PS Vue all have espn and the news channels ** -- HokieJamie 05/01/2018 8:39PM

With YouTube TV, yes. If anything, I get more sports with it than with -- Tafkam Hokie 05/01/2018 8:21PM

I'm using Hulu live, similar lineup of channels, plus all the HULU content -- Vienna_Hokie 05/01/2018 9:23PM

Supposed to allow 3 simultaneous screens. Although I haven't tested it -- Tafkam Hokie 05/02/2018 10:14AM

Great info, thank you. I couple more questions here... -- HokiesBill48 05/01/2018 9:10PM

I recommend you buy a Roku, Apple TV, Chrome, Amazon FireStick, or... -- EDGEMAN 05/01/2018 11:25PM

Gotcha...now I am starting to understand how this works. Thanks. ** -- HokiesBill48 05/02/2018 04:40AM

Of the ones Edge mentioned, I would narrow it down a bit -- Tafkam Hokie 05/02/2018 10:18AM

Good points. All are better than any "smart" TV...they just work better ** -- EDGEMAN 05/02/2018 10:26AM

If you are in a relatively populated area, switching to an antenna -- Newt 05/01/2018 9:38PM

Keep in mind your past usage is not a good reflection of what you will use -- HokieJamie 05/01/2018 8:01PM

Comcast recently announced that speed increases will be provided to cable/ -- CochraneResident 05/01/2018 7:17PM

The last gasp of a dying industry: punish the few customers they have left ** -- CPRVHokie 05/01/2018 8:41PM

Wouldn't say that,, but definitely the act of a monopoly service -- Vienna_Hokie 05/01/2018 9:26PM

Kinda wonder what will happen when 5G service becomes widely available -- Tafkam Hokie 05/02/2018 10:13AM

Technically, they are rewarding their favored customers, not punishing -- Tafkam Hokie 05/01/2018 8:55PM

There will be companies put up WAN points so that -- ElbertoHokie 05/02/2018 09:54AM

You're a customer for internet. "Unless you do more business with us, we're -- CPRVHokie 05/01/2018 9:08PM

Reading that, I kinda have to laugh (only because crying is pointless). -- Tafkam Hokie 05/01/2018 7:27PM

Disconnected the cable box today and returned it. I'm now a cord cutter.

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